Jane Fonda News

Westport Country Playhouse announces the appointment of David Kennedy as associate artistic director. He will join recently appointed Mark Lamos, artistic director, and Michael Ross, managing director, in guiding programming and production for the historic theater now entering its 79th season.

33 VARIATIONS, starring Jane Fonda, Samantha Mathis, Colin Hanks, Zach Grenier, Don Amendolia, Susan Kellermann, Erik Steele and Diane Walsh. 33 VARIATIONS, written and directed by Mois?s Kaufman opened on Monday, March 9th at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway. Catch all the Opening Night excitement with clips from the show and interviews with the stars direct from Broadway Beat and BroadwayWorld! Jane Fonda heads a cast of eight in 33 VARIATIONS, a new American play written and directed by Mois?s Kaufman, about Katherine Brandt (Jane Fonda) trying to solve a centuries-old mystery about the world's greatest composer. Katherine's obsession takes her from present-day New York to 19th century Austria. As the music that consumes Katherine comes to life on stage, she races against time to find common ground with her daughter and to embrace the legacy of her own life.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, March 10, 2009.

The UK Telegraph is revealing that even before Jane Fonda opened on Broadway last night in 33 Variations, several London producers had contacted her saying they wanted her to bring the show to the West End.

David Binder (A Raisin in the Sun) presents the Tectonic Theater Project's production of 33 VARIATIONS, starring Jane Fonda, Samantha Mathis, Colin Hanks, Zach Grenier, Don Amendolia, Susan Kellermann, Erik Steele and Diane Walsh. 33 VARIATIONS, written and directed by Mois?s Kaufman opened last night, Monday, March 9th at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway. BroadwayWorld's cameras joined the starry after party to celebrate the production and welcome Jane Fonda back to Broadway!

BroadwayWorld's cameras were there to celebrate the production and catch the starry crowd as they arrived to welcome Jane Fonda back to Broadway!

David Binder (A Raisin in the Sun) presents the Tectonic Theater Project's production of 33 VARIATIONS, starring Jane Fonda, Samantha Mathis, Colin Hanks, Zach Grenier, Don Amendolia, Susan Kellermann, Erik Steele and Diane Walsh. 33 VARIATIONS, written and directed by Moises Kaufman opened last night, Monday, March 9th at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway. BroadwayWorld's cameras were there to celebrate the production and welcome Jane Fonda back to Broadway! And speaking of 'Welcoming to Broadway', former 9 To 5 big screen co-stars Fonda and Dolly Parton had a backstage reunion after last nights opening. Parton will soon call Broadway 'home' as her musical adaptation of 9 To 5 hit the Great White Way at the Marriott Marquis Theatre.

33 VARIATIONS, written and directed by Moises Kaufman opened last night, Monday, March 9th at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway. BroadwayWorld's cameras were there to celebrate the production and welcome Jane Fonda back to Broadway!

Jane Fonda heads a cast of eight in 33 VARIATIONS, a new American play written and directed by Mois?s Kaufman, about Katherine Brandt (Jane Fonda) trying to solve a centuries-old mystery about the world's greatest composer. Katherine's obsession takes her from present-day New York to 19th century Austria. As the music that consumes Katherine comes to life on stage, she races against time to find common ground with her daughter and to embrace the legacy of her own life.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (David Van Asselt, Artistic Director and Sandra Coudert, Managing Director) has announced a two-week extension (through Saturday, March 28) of the World Premiere of That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play, a new comedy by Sheila Callaghan, directed by Kip Fagan. Performances began Tuesday, February 10th. Opening night was Monday, February 23rd. The show will run through Saturday, March 28th.

Applications for the 2009 Woodward Internship and Apprentice Programs at Westport Country Playhouse are now being accepted, according to Debra Baron, WCP director of education. 'We are looking for interns nationwide and apprentices locally who are multi-talented and true team players,' said Ms. Baron. 'Internships and apprenticeships serve as a springboard to young people interested in theater.'

David Binder (A Raisin in the Sun) presents the Tectonic Theater Project's production of 33 VARIATIONS, currently in previews, starring Jane Fonda, Samantha Mathis, Colin Hanks, Zach Grenier, Don Amendolia, Susan Kellermann, Erik Steele and Diane Walsh, written and directed by Mois?s Kaufman.

Jane Fonda, star of 33 VARIATIONS, chats with USA Today about her role in this new play and her return to Broadway after a 46 year absence.

In-keeping with their series of 'Extraordinary EBay' packages, Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) is proud to announce an online auction item that has been over 40 years in the making. After a 46 year absence from the Great White Way, JANE FONDA returns to Broadway in MOIS?S KAUFMAN's 33 VARIATIONS. The producers of this ground breaking new drama have generously donated a pair of prime seats along with two passes to the star studded opening night party with the proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.

TDF's Accessibility Programs (TAP), which have been instrumental in expanding open captioning on and Off Broadway, and regionally across the United States, announce the schedule of performances which will feature the service on Broadway this spring.Open captioning, which TDF introduced on Broadway in 1997, is more inclusive of all hard-of-hearing audiences than traditional sign language interpretation. Through open captioning, an electronic text display, placed on the side of the stage, shows what the actors are saying or singing and describes sound effects on stage in real time.To date, TAP has organized more than 350 open-captioned performances of more than 250 different Broadway, Off Broadway and regional productions.

Wanda Sykes, Emmy winning entertainer and one of the country's premiere comedians, is coming to the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway on March 19th. Wanda Sykes has been called one of the funniest stand up comics by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. Sykes currently can be seen on the CBS comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and was a writer and performer on HBO's The Chris Rock Show for five years where she was nominated for three Emmy awards and in 1999 won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.

Tectonic Theater Project will be hosting a benefit performance and post-performance reception honoring the Broadway Premiere of Mois?s Kaufman?s new play, 33 Variations starring Jane Fonda, Samantha Mathis, and Colin Hanks on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the Eugene O?Neill Theater, 230 W 49th St., New York City. The Post-Play Reception following the evening performance will be hosted by Morgans Hotel Group at Royalton, 44 West 44th Street, and catered by Valrhona Chocolates.

West Coast Ensemble presents YENTA: Straight from the Mouth, written and performed by Annie Korzen and Directed by Judy Chaikin. YENTA: Straight from the Mouth opened on Saturday, February 21 at 3:00pm and continue through Sunday, March 22 at the new home of West Coast Ensemble - the El Centro Theatre, 800 N. El Centro Ave. in Hollywood.

(New York, NY) On Monday evening, February 23 at 8:00pm, the Broadway community (and beyond) came together for one of the most important events of the year - Defying Inequality: The Broadway Concert -- A Celebrity Benefit for Equal Rights, a one-night only concert event at the Gershwin Theatre (222 W. 51st Street).

Jane Fonda and Moises Kaufman, the star and writer-director of the upcoming Broadway play 33 VARIATIONS, participated in a New York Times 'Times Talk' on Monday, February 23 at the TimesCenter (242 West 41st Street). Moderated by Times reporter Patrick Healy the event was a candid night of creative discussion, BroadwayWorld's cameras were there to capture the evening.